The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-15

of men were engaged either side In fneir
bloody work, and billions of treasure were
wasted during this tariff period. | asked my
self the question, if inciden tai protection was
incidental robbery, the free-traders assert.
why it was that we had had such an era OF
prosperity And when conrrasted it with the
preceding years under the Walker tariff law
of 1886 l found that practical experience
had solved the tariff problem in favor or
inclden tai protection and against free trade. 1
therefore believe that the revenue of the coun-
try should be raised by tariff laws. That the
tariff should be placed upon articles of luxury
and such articles grown and manufactured
In this country come into competition Win
the like articles grown and manufactured In
foreign countries, giving to our own people sucn
incidental protection as wise and just system
of tariff laws necessarily affords; the prime 90
ject being revenue for governmental purposes
and the incident that of protection. The two
should be linked together. / do not believe IN
a prohbtory tariff. | would adjust the tarlf,
if could, so that the foreign article. when laid
down in our market with duties paid. would cost
just what the home product costs our manufact-
urer or producer at the present or higher prices
paid to laborers who produce it, with perhaps
slight margin added for thu benefit of our home
producers In other words would close the
gap by legislation between the pauper labor OF
the old country and the free labor of this coun-
try. Our tariff system is bottomed on our LABOR
system"
rs this not in effect what the President says
in his messageF
mo, it is not He notifies the manufacturers
that they must submit to pairing policy which
SmaCE6rS strongly
cut. The whole message when read and con-
strued together. means as / understand 1t, de-
parture from the doctrine of incidental protec-
ton theory, and points in the direction OF
ultimate free trade without reference to condi-
tons. AS an eminent gentleman once said. the
President has come to the forks of the road'
and proposes to take that fork which leads ulti-
mately to free trade"
..What do you think of Mr.. Blaine's criticism
of the messageP
81 have only to say that Mr. Blaine mistakes
tam oft he ia ReDuD-
lican party of that section is in favor of pro-
hibitory tariff. In 1884 the Republican national
convention adopted the following resolution as
part of its PLATFORM:
1.-The Republican party pledges itself correct the
inequalities of the tariff and to reduce the surplus.
not by the vicious and indiscriminate process of
horizontal reduction but by such methods as will
lieve the without injuring the laborer or
the great productive interests of the country.
AZ adhere strictly to the views thus expressed
and which construe to mean, and which be-
lieve the Republicans of the West construe to
mean, that the tariff laws must be adjusted
from year to year in such manner to cut
off inequalities and afford only such incidental
protection NAV flow from wise and judicious
tariff law. tested as have before described"
Can you suggest any INEQUALITIES which In
your Judgment the Republican, as a party
should favors"
Eyes; I can mention some which occur to me
now that in my Judgment ought to be corrected
Duties sugar and molasses should he reduced
that instead of produ $50. OOO 600 of reve-
nue. they should yield from SIC, 600 900 to 3d.
100000 I would preserve that amount of reve-
nue. to this government in order to prevent the
sugar produced in foreign countries from having
export duty levied upon it. and thus force
our people to pay taxes to foreign countries
The duty on coarse salt aud lumber should be
removed. The duty on fine salt should be
duced to 10 per cent. ad sa!orem. Hides and
leather should be admitted duty free These
are some of the articles which occur to me at
this moment which the Republicans, in nv judg-
ment, should support There are hundreds of
other items in the tariff bill upon which the
duties should be reduced, and many of them
should be put upon the free list: but to under
take TO name them would be out Of the
question. should have to take the lists and go
over them carefully. study each item with ref
erence to its surroundings in order to be more
specific"